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Temperance and Intemperance: Human

Mahometan paradise, 811 Maiden, 599 beria, Man-turtle, the, 827 170 Horse. remarkable instances of sagacity in a, Magnetic experiments, 876 192 Human work and waste, 826 Human heart, structure of the, 24 Humming bird, 236 Huntingdon, William, eccentric character of, 134 Hurricane, curious particulars respecting a, 511 Husband long absent, returned, 741 Hydra, or polypes, account of, 359 Hypnotism, 830 Icebergs, 528 Ice factories, 832 I Ice, Greenland or polar, 525 Ice, tremendous concussions of fields of, 528 Ice, showers of, 533 Ignis Fatuus, 644 Imprisonment of the learned, 765 Indian jugglers, 64 Individuation, 780 Ingratitude, shocking instances of, 78 Inks, various sympathetic, 881 to 885 Insects, metamorphoses of: the butterfly, the common fly, the grey-coated gnat, the shardhorn beetle, 345 Integrity, striking instances of, 77 Inverlochy Castle, 574 Island, new, starting from the sea, 491 J Jew's harp, 795.

John Bull, origin of the term of, 634 K Killarney, the lake of, 487 Kimos, singular nation of dwarfs, 43 Knout, 804 Kraken, 210 Labrador stone, 402 Lady of the Lamb, 601 Lama, 810 L Lambert, Daniel, account of, 40 Lamps, remarkable, 805 Lamp, phosphoric, 872 Lanterns, feast of, 621 Laocoon, monument of, 556 Leaves, to take an impression of them, 894 Letter, curious, from Pomare, King of Otaheite, to the Missionary Society, 773 Libraries, celebrated, 760 Mammoth, or Fossil Elephant, found in Si- Man with the iron mask, 727 Mandrake, 387 Marmot, or the Mountain Rat of Switzerland, 167 Marriage custom of the Japanese, 604 Marriage ceremonies, curious, in different na tions, 602 Masons, free and accepted, 737 Mathematical talent, curious instance of, 93 Matrimonial ring, 608 Matter, divisibility of, 793 May-fly, 340 May poles and garlands, the origin of, 629 Memnon, palace of, 552 Memory, remarkable instance of, 86 Mesmerism, 829 Metals, different, to discover, 856 Metals, mixed, to detect, 899 Microscopic experiments, 887 Migration of birds, 253 Mills, remarkable, 799 Mint of Segovia, 799 Miraculous vessel, 880 Mirage, account of, 521 Mite, the cheese, curiosities respecting, 358 Mock suns, 673 Mocking bird of America, 233 Mole, the common, 159 Money, test of good or bad, 862 Monkey, sagacity of a, 192 Monsoons, or trade winds, 512 Monster, 777 Montague, Edward Wortley, 110 Mont Blanc, in Switzerland, 427 Moon, account of three volcanoes in the, 68% Morland, George, account of, 114 Moscow, great bell of, 726 Mosquitoes, and their uses, 355 Mourning, ancient modes of, 613 Mountains, natural descriptions of, 406 Mountains Written, Mountains of Inscription, or Jibbel El Mokatteb, 422 Mount Snowden, excursion to the top of, 412 Mud and Salt, volcanic eruptions of, in the island of Java, 467 Murdering statue, 801 Museum, 566 Mushroom, 395 Mushroom-stone, 402 Mysteries and Oracles, 641 N Light produced under water, 878 Lightning, extraordinary properties and effects Names, curious, adopted in the civil war, 772 Lightning, to produce artificial, 872 of, 651 Naphtha springs, 492 Natural productions resembling artificial com positions, 804 Liquids, to exchange two in different bottles, Natural history, curious facts in, 247 Nautilus, 197 Liquids, to produce changeable-coloured, 886 Navigation, perfection of, 481 Needles, 722 Needle's eye, 459 News, origin of the word, 762 Newspapers, origin of, 762 New studies in old age, instances of, 763 New year's gifts, origin of, 633 Niagara, and its falls, 485 Nicholas Pesce, 117 Nitre caves of Missouri, 457 Numbers, remarkable instance of skill in, 86 Numbers, curious arrangements of, 896 Nuns, particulars respecting, 811 Nuovo Monte, 419 0 Oak-tree, remarkable account of, 380 Oakham, custom at, 630 Obelisk, the, 571 INDEX.